MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - Fall 2001
Tuesdays at 4:00 PM in the Marlar Lounge, Room 37-252
MIT Center for Space Research, 70 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA
Refreshments are served at 3:45 PM.
Sponsored by the Astrophysics Division
of the MIT Department of Physics.
September 11:
Prof. Andrew King
University of Leicester
Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources in External Galaxies
September 18:
Dr. Simon Portegies Zwart
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brewing Massive Black Holes
September 25:
Dr. Fred Baganoff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Unveiling the Galactic Center with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
October 2:
Dr. James Bullock
Ohio State University
Angular Momentum in Dark Halos and Galaxies
October 9:
No colloquium (Columbus Day break)
October 16:
Dr. Ravi Sheth
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
The Distribution of Galaxies and Dark Matter
October 23:
Dr. Don Figer
Space Telescope Science Institute
Massive Stars in the Galactic Center
October 30:
Dr. Xiaohui Fan
Institute for Advanced Study
z=6 Quasars from the Sloan Survey: Probing the End of the Dark Ages
November 6:
Prof. Sharon Morsink
University of Alberta
Neutron Star Oscillations
November 13:
Prof. Kris Stanek
Harvard University
Fixing the Lower Rungs of the Cosmological Distance Ladder
November 20:
Dr. Sanjay Reddy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inside Neutron Stars: Theoretical Speculations and Observational Constraints
November 27:
Dr. Stephen Shectman
Carnegie Observatories
The Magellan Telescopes
December 4:
Dr. Zoltan Haiman
Princeton University
Probing the End of the Cosmological Dark Age
December 11:
Dr. John Monnier
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Imaging with Optical Interferometry
MIT Astrophysics Colloquia - updated 11/21/01 - deepto@mit.edu